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bohn
Unregistered User
(10/1/05 6:24 pm)
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mysterious fairy tale
has anyone heard of a story about a man who knows a secret about the king and who whispers the secret into a hole in the ground and when the wheat grows up around the hole, it whispers the secret to the wind, and the birds eat the grain and sing the secret? do you know any details such as title? its a great story and i'd love to look it up!
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Veronica Schanoes
Registered User
(10/1/05 6:30 pm)
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Re: mysterious fairy tale
I believe that's one of the stories about King Midas. For a reason that I now forget--I think he tricked Athena into playing pan pipes which made her look silly with her cheeks all puffed out--he was cursed with asses' ears. He kept them under a hat, and nobody knew except for his...hairdresser, maybe? Anyway, the hairdresser was sworn to secrecy, but he couldn't contain himself, so he ran out and dug a hole...and you know the rest. He got in big trouble.
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DerekJ
Unregistered User
(10/1/05 7:45 pm)
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Re: mysterious fairy tale
Actually, in most stories, it was the price Midas paid for having the Gold Touch taken off--
Everybody wants to grab credit for the Athena episode, but that was in-house.
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Rosemary Lake
Registered User
(10/1/05 8:58 pm)
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in-house?
Everybody wants to grab credit for the Athena episode, but that was in-house.
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Hm? Sounds interesting.
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DerekJ
Unregistered User
(10/1/05 9:26 pm)
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Re: in-house?
(Ie., some say it was Aphrodite who snickered, some say Cupid, either way, it was the regular flute, and Athena tossed it to Apollo--Midas was never involved.)
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Crceres
Registered User
(10/2/05 1:40 pm)
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Re: in-house?
There's a version where Midas boasts of a friend's ability to play the pipes, Apollo hears of it, they hold the contest...and Apollo wins because he can play the lyre upside down. The piper gets turned into a stool and Midas gets long ears.
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Veronica Schanoes
Registered User
(10/2/05 1:54 pm)
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Re: in-house?
Ah, that's what I was thinking of. The real question is, in a musical steel-cage death match, who wins: Apollo or Hendrix?
Edited by: Veronica Schanoes at: 10/2/05 3:17 pm
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AliceCEB
Registered User
(10/2/05 6:23 pm)
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Re: in-house?
Apollo. Gods can cheat.
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HPA
Registered User
(10/4/05 4:33 pm)
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Re: in-house?
Many would argue that Hendrix was, in fact, a god.
I'd say they're about tied.
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aka Greensleeves
Registered User
(10/4/05 6:42 pm)
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Re: in-house?
Ha! Must be time to resurrect the devil + crossroads + fiddling competition thread!
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AliceCEB
Registered User
(10/5/05 7:59 am)
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Re: in-house?
Hmm. I don't remember Apollo ever playing a bowed instrument. Did Hendrix?
Well then here's the match: Apollo and Hendrix, in a cage, with fiddles. Apollo will pluck. Hendrix will plug it in. And the bows will be given to Max Roach to provide heavenly percussion.
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